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2026

Müller, S., Schroeders, U., Bachrach, N., Benecke, C., Cuevas, L., Doering, S., Elklit, A., Gutiérrez, F., Hengartner, M. P., Hogue, T. E., Hopwood, C. J., Mihura, J. L., Oltmanns, T. F., Paap, M. C. S., Pedersen, G., Renn, D., Ringwald, W. R., Rossi, G. Samuels, J., … Zimmermann, J. (2025). Revisiting the structure of DSM-5 section II personality disorder criteria using individual participant data meta-analysis. Advance online publication. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 17(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000736

2025

Schroeders, U., Mariss, A., Sauter, J., & Jankowsky, K. (2025). Predicting juvenile delinquency and criminal behavior in adulthood using machine learning. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 50(1), 126-139. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254251339392

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Busse, F., Zimny, L., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2025). Cloze test performance and cognitive abilities: A comprehensive meta-analysis. Intelligence, 113. Article 101962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2025.101962

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Jankowsky, K., Zimmermann, J., Jaeger, U., Mestel, R., & Schroeders, U. (2025). First impressions count: Therapists’ impression on patients’ motivation and helping alliance predicts psychotherapy dropout. Psychotherapy Research, 35(8), 1326–1338. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2024.2411985

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Schroeders, U., & Gnambs, T. (2025). Sample size planning in item response theory: A tutorial. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251314798

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2024

Schroeders, U., Morgenstern, M., Jankowsky, K., & Gnambs, T. (2024). Short-scale construction using meta-analytic Ant Colony Optimization: A demonstration with the Need for Cognition Scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 40(5), 376–395. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000818

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Gnambs, T., & Schroeders, U. (2024). Reliability and factorial validity of the Core Self-Evaluations Scale: A meta-analytic investigation of wording effects. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 40(5), 343–359. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000783

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Zimny, L., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2024). Ant Colony Optimization for parallel test assembly. Behavioral Research Methods, 56, 5834–5848. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02319-7

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Achaa-Amankwaa, P., Steger, D., Wilhelm, O., & Schroeders, U. (2024). Public events knowledge in an age-heterogeneous sample: Reminiscence bump or bummer? Psychology and Aging, 39(1), 72–87. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000786

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Jankowsky, K., Steger, D., & Schroeders, U. (2024). Predicting lifetime suicide attempts in a community sample of adolescents using machine learning algorithms. Assessment, 31(3), 557–573. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911231167490

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Schroeders, U., Scharf, F., & Olaru, U. (2024). Model specification searches in structural equation modeling using Bee Swarm Optimization. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 84(1), 40–61. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131644231160552

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Gnambs, T., & Schroeders, U. (2024). Accuracy and precision of fixed and random effects in meta‐analyses of randomized control trials for continuous outcomes. Research Synthesis Methods, 15(1), 86–106. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1673

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2023

Jankowsky, K., Krakau, L., Schroeders, U., Zwerenz, R., & Beutel, M. E. (2023). Predicting treatment response using Machine Learning: A registered report. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63(2), 137-155. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12452

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Watrin, L., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2023). Gc at its boundaries: A cross-national investigation of declarative knowledge. Learning and Individual Differenes, 102. 102267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2023.102267

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Steger, D., Jankowsky, K., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2023). The road to hell is paved with good intentions: How common practices in scale construction hurt validity. Assessment, 30(6), 1811–1824. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911221124846

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Wendt, L. P., Jankowsky, K., Schroeders, U., Nolte, T., Fonagy, P., Montague, P. R., Zimmermann, J., & Olaru, G. (2023). Mapping established psychopathology scales onto the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP). Personality and Mental Health, 17(2), 117–134. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1566

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Goecke, B., Schroeders, U., Zettler, I., Schipolowski, S., Golle, J., & Wilhelm, O. (2023). The nomological net of knowledge, self-reported knowledge, and overclaiming in children. Journal of Personality Assessment, 105(5), 702–713. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2022.2144332

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2022

Hartung, J., Goecke, B., Schroeders, U., Schmitz, F., & Wilhelm, O. (2022). Latin Square Tasks: A multi-study evaluation. Intelligence, 94, Article 101683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2022.101683

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Olaru, G., Robitzsch, A., Hildebrandt, A., & Schroeders, U. (2022). Examining moderators of vocabulary acquisition from kindergarten throughout elementary school using Local Structural Equation Modeling. Learning and Individual Differences, 95, Article 102136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2022.102136

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Schroeders, U., Zimmermann, J., Wicke, T., Schaumburg, M., Lang, E., Trenkwalder, C., & Mollenhauer, B. (2022). Dynamic interplay of cognitive functioning and depressive symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Neuropsychology, 36(4), 266–278. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000795

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Schroeders, U., & Jansen, M. (2022). Science self-concept – More than the sum of its parts? The Journal of Experimental Education, 90(2), 435–451. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2020.1740967

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Schroeders, U., Schmidt, C. & Gnambs, T. (2022). Detecting careless responding in survey data using stochastic gradient boosting. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 82(1), 29–56. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131644211004708

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Schroeders, U., Kubera, F., & Gnambs, T. (2022). The structure of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20): A meta-analytic confirmatory factor analysis. Assessment, 29(8), 1806–1823. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211033894

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Jankowsky, K. & Schroeders, U. (2022). Validation and generalizability of machine learning prediction models on attrition in longitudinal studies. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46(2), 169–176. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254221075034

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Watrin, L., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2022). Structural invariance of declarative knowledge across the adult lifespan. Psychology and Aging, 37(3), 283–297. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000660

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2021

Schroeders, U., Watrin, L. & Wilhelm, O. (2021). Age-related nuances in knowledge assessment. Intelligence, 85. Article 101526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2021.101526

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Achaa-Amankwaa, P., Olaru, G., & Schroeders, U. (2021). Coffee or tea? Examining cross-cultural differences in personality nuances across former colonies of the British Empire. European Journal of Personality, 35(3), 383–397. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890207020962327

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Steger, D., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2021). Caught in the act: Predicting cheating in unproctored knowledge assessment. Assessment, 28(3), 1004–1017. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191120914970

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2020

Goecke, B., Weiss, S., Steger, D., Schroeders, U. & Wilhelm, O. (2020). Testing competing claims about overclaiming. Intelligence, 81. Article 101470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2020.101470

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Weiss, S., Steger, D., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2020). A reappraisal of the threshold hypothesis of creativity and intelligence. Journal of Intelligence, 8(4), Article 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence8040038

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Weiss, S., Steger, D., Kaur, Y., Hildebrandt, A., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2020). On the trail of creativity: Dimensionality of divergent thinking and its relation with cognitive abilities, personality and insight. European Journal of Personality, 35(3), 291–314. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2288

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Jankowsky, K., Olaru, G., & Schroeders, U. (2020). Compiling measurement invariant short scales in cross-cultural personality assessment using Ant Colony Optimization. European Journal of Personality, 34(3), 470–485. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2260

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Schroeders, U., & Gnambs, T. (2020). Degrees of freedom in multigroup confirmatory factor analyses: Are models of measurement invariance testing correctly specified? European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36(1), 105–113. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000500

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Steger, D., Schroeders, U., & Gnambs, T. (2020). A meta-analysis of test scores in proctored and unproctored ability assessment. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36(1), 174–184. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000494

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2019

Sewasew, D. & Schroeders, U. (2019). The developmental interplay of academic self-concept and achievement within and across domains among primary school students. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 58, 204–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2019.03.009

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Olaru, G., Schroeders, U., Hartung, J., & Wilhelm, O. (2019). Ant Colony Optimization and local weighted structural equation modeling. A tutorial on novel item and person sampling procedures for personality research. European Journal of Personality, 33(3), 400–419. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2195

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Steger, D., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2019). On the dimensionality of crystallized intelligence: A smartphone-based assessment. Intelligence, 72, 76–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2018.12.002

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Jansen, M., Schroeders, U., Lüdtke, O., & Marsh, H. W. (2019). The dimensional structure of students’ self-concept and interest in science depends on course composition. Learning and Instruction, 60, 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2018.11.001

Olaru, G., Schroeders, U., Ostendorf, F., & Wilhelm, O. (2019). “Grandpa, do you like roller coasters?”: Identifying age-appropriate personality indicators. European Journal of Personality, 33(3), 264–278. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2185

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2018

Olaru, G., Schroeders, U., Wilhelm, O., & Ostendorf, F. (2018). A confirmatory examination of age-associated personality differences: Deriving age-related measurement invariant solutions using Ant Colony Optimization. Journal of Personality, 86(6), 1037–1049. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12373

Sewasew, D., Schroeders, U., Schiefer, I. M., Weirich, S. & Artelt, C. (2018). Development of sex differences in math achievement, self-concept, and interest from grade 5 to 7. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 54, 55–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.05.003

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Hartung, J., Doebler, P., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2018). Dedifferentiation and differentiation of intelligence in adults across age and years of education. Intelligence, 69, 37–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2018.04.003

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Moehring, A., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2018). Knowledge is power for medical assistants: Crystallized and fluid intelligence as predictors of vocational knowledge. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00028

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Gnambs, T., Scharl, A., & Schroeders, U. (2018). The structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: A cross-cultural meta-analysis. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 226(1), 14–29. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000317

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Edossa, A., Schroeders, U., Weinert, S., & Artelt, C. (2018). The development of emotional and behavioral self-regulation and their effects on academic achievement in childhood. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42(2), 192–202. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025416687412

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2017

Gnambs, T. & Schroeders, U. (2017). Cognitive abilities explain wording effects in the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Assessment, 27(2), 404–418. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191117746503

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Lenhard, W., Schroeders, U., & Lenhard, A. (2017). Equivalence of screen versus print reading comprehension depends on task complexity and proficiency. Discourse Processes, 54(5-6), 427–445. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2017.1319653

2016

Schroeders, U., Wilhelm, O., & Olaru, G. (2016). Meta-heuristics in short scale construction: Ant Colony Optimization and Genetic Algorithm. PLOS ONE, 11. Article e0167110. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167110

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Moehring, A., Schroeders, U., Leichtmann, B., & Wilhelm, O. (2016). Ecological momentary assessment of digital literacy: Influence of fluid and crystallized intelligence, domain-specific knowledge, and computer usage. Intelligence, 59, 170–180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2016.10.003

Schroeders, U., Schipolowski, S., Zettler, I., Golle, J., & Wilhelm, O. (2016). Do the smart get smarter? Development of fluid and crystallized intelligence in 3rd Grade. Intelligence, 59, 84–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2016.08.003

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Schroeders, U., Wilhelm, O., & Olaru, G. (2016). The influence of item sampling on sex differences in knowledge tests. Intelligence, 58, 22–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2016.06.003

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Jansen, M., Lüdtke, O., & Schroeders, U. (2016). Evidence for a positive relation between interest and achievement: Examining between-person and within-person variation in five domains. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 46, 116–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2016.05.004
Wolf, K., Schroeders, U., & Kriegbaum, K. (2016). Metaanalyse zur Wirksamkeit einer Förderung der phonologischen Bewusstheit in der deutschen Sprache. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 30, 9–33. https://doi.org/10.1024/1010-0652/a000165
Akukwe, B. & Schroeders, U. (2016). Socio-economic, cultural, social, and cognitive aspects of family background and the biology competency of ninth-graders in Germany. Learning and Individual Differences, 45, 185–192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.12.009

2015

Schroeders, U., Schipolowski, S., & Böhme, K. (2015). Typical intellectual engagement and achievement in math and the sciences in secondary education. Learning and Individual Differences, 43, 31–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.08.030
Jansen, M., Schroeders, U., Lüdtke, O., & Marsh, H. (2015). Contrast and assimilation effects of dimensional comparisons in five subjects: An extension of the I/E model. Journal of Educational Psychology, 107(4), 1086–1101. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000021
Schroeders, U., Schipolowski, S., & Wilhelm, O. (2015). Age-related changes in the mean and covariance structure of fluid and crystallized intelligence in childhood and adolescence. Intelligence, 48, 15–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2014.10.006
Jansen, M., Scherer, R. & Schroeders, U. (2015). Students’ self-concept and self-efficacy in the sciences: Differential relations to antecedents and educational outcomes. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 41, 13–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2014.11.002

2014

Schroeders, U., Robitzsch, A., & Schipolowski, S. (2014). A comparison of different psychometric approaches to modeling testlet structures: An example with c-tests. Journal of Educational Measurement, 51(4), 400–418. https://doi.org/10.1111/jedm.12054

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Schipolowski, S., Schroeders, U., & Wilhelm, O. (2014). Pitfalls and challenges in constructing short forms of cognitive ability measures. Journal of Individual Differences, 35(4), 190–200. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000134
Schipolowski, S., Wilhelm, O., & Schroeders, U. (2014). On the nature of crystallized intelligence: The relationship between verbal ability and factual knowledge. Intelligence, 46, 156–168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2014.05.014
Jansen, M., Schroeders, U., Lüdtke, O., & Pant, H. A. (2014). Interdisziplinäre Beschulung und die Struktur des akademischen Selbstkonzepts in den naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 28, 43–49. https://doi.org/10.1024/1010-0652/a000120
Jansen, M., Schroeders, U., & Lüdtke, O. (2014). Academic self-concept in science: Multidimensionality, relations to achievement measures, and gender differences. Learning and Individual Differences, 30, 11–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2013.12.003

< 2013

Schroeders, U., Bucholtz, N., Formazin, M., & Wilhelm, O. (2013). Modality specificity of comprehension abilities in the sciences. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 29(1), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000114
Schipolowski, S., Wilhelm, O., Schroeders, U., Kovaleva, A., Kemper, C. J. & Rammstedt, B. (2013). BEFKI GC-K. Eine Kurzskala zur Messung kristalliner Intelligenz [BEFKI GC-K. A Short Scale for the Measurement of Crystallized Intelligence]. Methoden, Daten, Analysen, 7, 153–181. https://doi.org/10.12758/mda.2013.010
Ehlert, A., Schroeders, U., & Fritz-Stratmann, A. (2012). Kritik am Diskrepanzkriterium in der Diagnostik von Legasthenie und Dyskalkulie. Lernen und Lernstörungen, 1, 169–184. https://doi.org/10.1024/2235-0977/a000018
Formazin, M., Schroeders, U., Köller, O., Wilhelm, O., & Westmeyer, H. (2011). Studierendenauswahl im Fach Psychologie. Testentwicklung und Validitätsbefunde. Psychologische Rundschau, 62, 221–236. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000093
Schroeders, U. & Wilhelm, O. (2011). Equivalence of reading and listening comprehension across test media. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 71(5), 849–869. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164410391468
Schroeders, U. & Wilhelm, O. (2011). Computer usage questionnaire: Structure, correlates, and gender differences. Computers in Human Behavior, 27(2), 899–904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2010.11.015
Schroeders, U. & Wilhelm, O. (2010). Testing reasoning ability with handheld computers, notebooks, and paper and pencil. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 26(4), 284–292. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000038
Schroeders, U., Wilhelm, O., & Bucholtz, N. (2010). Reading, listening, and viewing comprehension in English as a foreign language: One or more constructs? Intelligence, 38(6), 562–573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2010.09.003
Kunina, O., Wilhelm, O., Formazin, M., Jonkmann, K., & Schroeders, U. (2007). Extended criteria and predictors in college admission: Exploring the structure of study success and investigating the validity of domain knowledge. Psychology Science, 49, 88–114.

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